The Studio is an American satiricalcringecomedy-drama television series created by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez. It stars Rogen as an embattled Hollywood studio head struggling to balance corporate demands with his own passion for producing quality films. …
It’s brilliant in many ways. The extensive use of long takes. The celebrity cameos.
Set 24 years before the events of the first novel, the narrative delves into themes of political manipulation, the power of propaganda, and the complexities of societal control under a totalitarian regime and centers on the 50th Hunger Games …
Starring Margot Robbie as the title character and Ryan Gosling as Ken, the film follows them on a journey of self-discovery through Barbieland and the real world following an existential crisis. …
Like Wicked, I loved the start of the film. The concept. The original look of the sets.
… BUT at some point I got bored. The novelty wore off.
By the end I found it too preachy.
Director Gerwig calls the over the top messaging maximalism.
“heightened theatricality that allows you to deal with big ideas in the midst of anarchic play”
Clara’s had a tough life. Raped by her step father. Ran away to become a teenaged stripper.
Her main job now is to run the bar she owns in Wichita, Kansas – The Rink.
Side job ➙ Hitwoman. And she’s very good at killing people. The best hitwoman in the business.
And in this book, Rinker partners up with another killer. Double trouble.
Her latest hit sounds simple: a defense attorney wants a rival eliminated. No problem—until a witness survives. Clara usually knows how to deal with loose ends: cut them off, one by one, until they’re all gone. This time, there’s one loose end that’s hard to shake.
Lucas Davenport has no idea of the toll this case is about to take on him. Clara knows his weak spots. She knows how to penetrate them, and how to use them. And when a woman like Clara has the advantage, no one is safe.
I was interested to read about the process, complicated by ancient history.
One strength of the Catholic Church is tradition.
The big weakness is tradition. It’s very difficult to reform / improve Catholicism, though I respect Pope Francis for trying.
The Pope is dead.
Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election.
They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals.
Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.
In Conclave, the hero is Cardinal Lomeli, dean of the College of Cardinals and the man responsible for presiding over the conclave. Among the papabile there is Tedesco the traditionalist, Tremblay the ambitious North American and Adeyemi the African with strong views on the role of women and gay marriage. …
Into this gathering there arrives a cardinal no one has heard of – Vincent Benítez, a cardinal in pectore, created by the pope in secret in order to protect his identity. The stage is thus set for a showdown. …
… Hit Man follows an undercover New Orleans police contractor who poses as a reliable hitman as he tries to save a woman in need.
The basic premise was based on the true story of a college professor who worked for the Houston police in the late 1980s and 1990s as a fake hitman …
Adria Arjona as Madison Figueroa Masters is gorgeous and most charismatic.
The HIT MAN is Glen Powell as Gary Johnson, college professor and tech guy turned undercover mole. … Or it might be Justin Hartley as the HIT MAN. Those two are probably the same actor. 😀
On Rotten Tomatoes, 95% of 295 critics’ reviews are positive.
I got through the thing only because the special effects are so amazing. HOW did they create that kind of video?
Some of the technology shown is based on REAL current science. The Phased Array Radar, for example.
But disrupting a tornado in real time is still not possible.
The plot is cliche. Best ignore it.
I wasn’t much convinced by any of the cast. Glen Powell was probably best. I thought he was Justin Hartley for the first part of the movie. Those two are very similar.
Rick McCharles 